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Old 03-13-2009, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by leathermang View Post
I thought what he meant was that he used compressed air to blow out the liquid flush material..and will be having a pro vacuum the system.

I totally agree that the drier needs to be put on new seconds before the vacuuming is to begin... it just sucks up moisture, has limited capacity, holds the moisture below oil and thus can not be renewed by vacuum as a result.. and once it gets full of what it can absorb then it can do no more...and your system is at risk of oil and moisture mixing and forming acid.
"FYI for responses: I did flush the system with one can of flush, and evacuated it with an air gun until no liquids came out from any of the lines. "

I saw this as well, and is where I based my response.
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